"How many of the Ming army returned to the city?"

Due to the urgency of the military situation, Nurhachi asked the spies who came to report the news to be summoned into the tent, and asked expressionlessly, Li Hongyu's move was really beyond his expectations. Heavens

"Back to the Great Khan, the minions think there are about 20,000." Hearing this, the spy replied solemnly.

"Is Li Hongyu going back to the city?" Nurhachi's brow furrowed as he stared at the spy and asked.

"This minion doesn't know, the minions and others can't enter Jinzhou City."

The spy shook his head, Li Hongyu vigorously dealt with Houjin's spies after leaving the customs, which made it more and more difficult for Houjin to obtain information about the Ming army now, and he couldn't enter and leave Jinzhou City at all.

Nurhachi suddenly showed a disappointed look on his face when he heard this, and after carefully interrogating some details, he let the spy leave, and fell into deep thought with his eyebrows locked, Li Hongyu's move could give him a problem, so that he had to find a way to deal with it.

"Father Khan, could it be that Li Hongyu fled back to Jinzhou City?" Seeing this, Dai Shan asked tentatively, in his opinion, Li Hongyu is the commander of the Ming army, and he must give priority to ensuring his own safety, so how can he stay on Shimen Mountain.

"This person is arrogant and will never avoid war."

Nurhachi shook his head when he heard this, Li Hongyu is not the kind of person who is afraid of death, otherwise he would not have gone to Mongolia to move troops to Lin Dan Khan, let alone lead the army to defend Shimen Mountain, and now Lin Dan Khan's army will arrive here in two or three days, and Li Hongyu has no reason to leave Shimen Mountain.

"Go, call your lords to the meeting." Afterwards, Nurhachi commanded the guards standing at the tent gate, and he wanted to hear what the generals of Houjin thought about the matter.

The generals of Houjin were busy with the whole army and the Ming army at this time, and after receiving Nurhachi's order, they rushed to the commander's tent one after another, they thought that Nurhachi was going to issue a combat mission, but unexpectedly got the Ming army on Shimen Mountain to divide the troops to go back to Jinzhou City to discuss matters, and they were suddenly surprised.

"Great Khan, Li Hongyu seems to be nothing more than that, he was afraid of our big gold and ran back to Jinzhou City to hide!" Just as the generals were buzzing and whispering, a Houjin general said with a disdainful look on his face, he naturally thought that Li Hongyu had escaped.

"Great Khan, now there are more than 10,000 Ming troops left on Shimen Mountain, let's just take the opportunity to swallow them." Immediately afterwards, another Houjin general said with a grin, as if the stone gate had now become Houjin's bag.

"That's right, Great Khan, let's destroy the Ming army on Shimen Mountain, and give Li Hongyu a little color."

The idea of this Houjin general immediately won the temperament of everyone at the scene, and they all spoke in agreement, as long as Li Hongyu left Shimen Mountain, then they would have nothing to scruple about.

Huang Taiji was not as optimistic as everyone else, he sat there with a serious expression and fell into contemplation, he didn't expect that the Ming army really withdrew to Jinzhou City last night, but he didn't think that Li Hongyu would also go to Jinzhou, that kind of words would really insult the prestige that Li Hongyu had built over the years.

Dai Shan didn't mean to speak, he looked at the scene in front of him with a sinking face, and there was no intention of asking for war: since Nurhachi thought that Li Hongyu stayed in Shimen Mountain, then the matter was true, and he didn't want to suffer another defeat on Shimen.

"Great Khan, the Ming army on Shimen Mountain sent someone to deliver a letter from its commander." Just when the Houjin generals in the tent were excited, a Houjin soldier walked in with a letter.

Hearing this, the noisy scene suddenly fell silent, and everyone looked at the letter curiously, wondering what it said.

"Read!" Nurhachi knew that Li Hongyu wanted to give an explanation for today's missed appointment in this letter, so he said with an expressionless face.

Zhang Jing, who was standing on the sidelines and waiting, immediately stepped forward, took out the letter in the envelope and read it aloud, Zhang Jing of Houjin must at least know Manchu and Chinese, and some must know Mongolian script, so they can understand Chinese letters.

"Damn!"

After listening to the contents of the letter, Nurhachi couldn't help but slam his fist on the table on the side, and two words burst out of his mouth coldly, and the Houjin generals present couldn't help but look at each other.

It turned out that Li Hongyu stated in the letter that he had sent troops to return to Jinzhou, and because of the huge disparity between the reduction of troops in his hands and the strength of Houjin, he canceled yesterday's appointment with Nurhachi and waited for Nurhachi's victory in Shimen Mountain.

Prior to this, Houjin had always had the upper hand in the confrontation with Li Hongyu because of the emptiness of Jinzhou's troops, but now Li Hongyu suddenly divided his troops back to Jinzhou City to defend, which made the situation change, making it not so easy for Houjin to threaten Li Hongyu, and it would not be easy to capture Jinzhou City.

After all, the 20,000 Ming troops in Jinzhou City must be the main force selected by Li Hongyu from the Ming army in Liaoxi under his command, with them sitting on Shimen Mountain, and Mongolian reinforcements coming, so if the city is forcibly attacked, then Houjin is bound to suffer heavy casualties.

Don't look at the Later Jin army, which successively took Shenyang, Liaoyang and Guangning, the three strongest cities in Liao, but in terms of the process, it can be described as uneventful: Shenyang and Liaoyang were captured by the Later Jin because the spies in the city and the Mongol residents opened the city gates, and the city of Guangning was dedicated by Sun Degong.

In other words, the Houjin army has not had much experience in siege until now, and once the siege is based on brute force and morale, it will inevitably lead to heavy casualties that Nurhachi does not want to see.

"Father Khan, now that the Ming army on Shimen Mountain is insufficient, there is a good chance that an arrogant person like Li Hongyu will be on the mountain, this is the best time for us to capture and kill him in one fell swoop."

In the silence, Mang Gurtai took the lead in breaking the calm of the scene, and after getting up, he asked Nurhachi to fight, "Father Khan, sons are willing to lead the troops and horses of the headquarters to attack Shimen Mountain. ”

Huang Taiji and Dai Shan couldn't help but look at Mang Gurtai when they heard this, their brows were slightly furrowed, the two of them naturally knew why Mang Gurtai did this, he had been thinking about revenge for the loss of Jinzhou.

"Great Khan, the minister also thinks that Li Hongyu should be on the mountain, this is the opportunity to capture and kill Li Hongyu, and he is willing to lead his troops and horses to attack Shimen Mountain." As soon as Mang Gurtai finished speaking, Amin, who was sitting next to him, stood up and respectfully asked Nurhachi to fight, this is an excellent time to make a great achievement, after this village there will be no such shop.

"Great Khan, if Li Hongyu can be captured and killed in Shimen Mountain, the rest of the generals of the Ming Dynasty are not afraid, and Lin Dan Khan will also withdraw his troops after hearing the news."

He Heli also agreed with this move, and when he heard this, he got up and bowed to Nurhachi and said, in his opinion, even if the Ming army occupies a geographical advantage, it is very different from the strength of the Houjin army, so it must not be able to block the offensive of the Houjin army, even if there are some casualties, then it is nothing compared to capturing Li Hongyu.

"Great Khan, let's attack the mountain." The Houjin generals at the scene became excited, and they all got up and asked Li Hongyu to fight, they didn't have the confidence to defeat Li Hongyu alone, but they still had a lot of confidence in group fighting.

Dai Shan secretly observed Huang Taiji, it stands to reason that the most capable person among the Houjin generals is Huang Taiji, who has made countless contributions in the Battle of Salhu, the Battle of Liaoshen and the Battle of Guangning, and then it is his turn, but Huang Taiji, who has experienced the fiasco in the Battle of Tieling, sat there with a serious expression, as if he did not have the intention of asking for war.

This made him feel a little surprised, so he didn't ask Nurhachi to fight, although Dai Shan didn't want to admit it, but Huang Taiji's scheming city was indeed above him, since Huang Taiji didn't ask for war, then there must be his reasons.

In addition to Dai Shan and Huang Taiji, Hu Erhan was also silent there, to be honest, he was quite worried about attacking Shimen Mountain, if Li Hongyu dared to stay in Shimen Mountain, he would definitely be prepared, and Houjin had limited time, and it was unknown whether he could capture Shimen Mountain within three days.

However, since the crowd was emotional, Hu Erhan also swallowed back the words that came to his mouth, so as not to be majestic after the morale of the Changming army was destroyed.

Nurhachi's heart is also quite conflicted now, he naturally wants to get rid of Li Hongyu, but just as Hu Erhan was worried, he was a little worried that the Houjin army would not be able to capture Shimen Mountain in three days, or that the time left for Houjin was not three days, God knows if Lin Dan Khan would arrive in advance.

It is worth mentioning that although the strength of the Later Jin army was superior, there was no way to fully unfold on Shimen Mountain, because Shimen Mountain was steep, and only the front mountain and the back mountain were suitable for going up the mountain, which made it impossible for the Later Jin to surround the Ming army in one swren.

Obviously, Li Hongyu will definitely send heavy troops to defend the road up the front mountain and the back mountain, which means that this battle to attack the mountain will be a vicious battle, and many Houjin soldiers will be killed.

But then again, if the lives of those Houjin soldiers were exchanged for Li Hongyu's lives, then it would be worth it in Nurhachi's view, so that Houjin would have no opponents outside the customs in the future.

The people who can fight the most in Houjin are naturally the four great beylers, Nurhachi couldn't help but look at Dai Shan and Huang Taiji who were sitting there silent, if it was said that the generals who were sent to attack the front and back mountains were the most optimistic about Dai Shan and Huang Taiji.

However, Dai Shan and Huang Taiji did not mean to ask for help, which made Nurhachi's brows suddenly frown slightly, and it seemed that the two were not optimistic about this battle of attacking the mountain.

In the final analysis, there is not much time left for Houjin, and the more than 10,000 Ming troops on the mountain have good combat effectiveness, and it is not easy to capture them in a short time.

In fact, if there were enough incidents, Nurhachi would send troops to surround the Ming army, although there was a stream on Shimen Mountain, but there was nothing to eat, and the Ming army would collapse without a fight for a while.

It stands to reason that Li Hongyu has already committed a taboo by being stationed on Shimen Mountain, and it is very easy to be surrounded by enemy troops, and once he does so, he will fall into the predicament of running out of ammunition and food.

But now that Lin Dan Khan has led the army to support, Li Hongyu's move made Nurhachi very depressed and fell into a dilemma of fighting or not fighting.

"Father Khan, the opportunity is rare, there will be no such shop after this village."

Seeing Nurhachi's hesitation, Mang Gurtai hurriedly said in a loud voice, "Erchen will definitely lead the army to capture Shimen Mountain and capture Li Hongyu!" ”

"Great Khan, the ministers are willing to lead troops there." Amin and the other Houjin generals who asked for battle bowed down and said in unison when they heard this.

"Okay, Ben Khan will lead 10,000 horses each to the second and third beylers, and attack Shimen Mountain before and after, be sure to capture and kill Li Hongyu, if someone captures and kills Li Hongyu, Ben Khan will call him Baylor!"

Nurhachi pondered for a moment when he heard this, then made up his mind, and gave orders to Amin and Mang Gultai in a loud voice, and after some weighing left and right, he decided to attack Shimen Mountain to remove Li Hongyu, a stumbling block on the road to the expansion of the Later Jin.

"The retainers obey!"

"Obey orders!"

Mang Gurtai and Amin were overjoyed when they heard this, and hurriedly bowed down to respond, in the eyes of the two, they had the advantage of troops, and they had a great achievement.

Those Houjin generals who asked for war were also gearing up one by one, and they were eager to try, all wanting to get the title of "Baylor", which was the highest title of Houjin, which shows that Nurhachi attaches great importance to Li Hongyu, and will use "Baylor" to inspire those Houjin soldiers to fight.

Dai Shan and Huang Taiji couldn't help but glance at each other, and then quickly looked away, if Li Hongyu was so easy to deal with, I am afraid that he would have died in the officialdom battle of the Ming Dynasty, Mang Gurtai and Amin are too happy now, and it is not known who will kill the deer.

(End of chapter)